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The article reports several issues surrounding the regulation of healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Great Britain. Nurses' labor unions were disappointed after they found that the regulation of the HCA has not been included in the guidelines of the health regulation Trust, Assistance and Safety. Jane Naish, Royal College of Nursing public policy health adviser, asserts that the HCAs should be regulated because they have intimate contact with patients and it provides more protection to patients.

Reports that a newspaper's claims that nurses and other carers are abusing older patients in Great Britain are founded.

This article considers best practice in record-keeping and documentation in the light of recent public inquiries and reports, renewed national interest in record-keeping standards, and the challenge of moving from paper to electronic healthcare documentation and digital storage of data. The nature of the nurse-patient relationship is also changing, and should be reflected in nurses' record-keeping practices. Collaborative approaches to the planning and evaluation of care, and more emphasis on patients having a greater sense of ownership of information held about them should be reflected in nurses' and other healthcare professionals' attitudes and approaches to this aspect of practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Employers are to be given responsibility for ensuring staff keep up professional standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Government claims that there is no longer a shortage of nurses in the UK were questioned at a seminar on nurse recruitment last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Trusts rapped over 'unfair' procedures after criticism from Commons committee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Great Britain government's plan to train nurses for recognizing mental health and alcohol problems in patients at an early stage. Nurses will be expected to identify mental health problems in children and adult patients, being aware when they are particularly vulnerable. All health professionals will receive training in identifying alcohol problems early, piloting new approaches to targeted screening and brief intervention in the NHS with a particular focus on A&E settings. A campaign to encourage and support sensible drinking will also be supported by the government to tackle the problems of binge drinking.

The article focuses on Great Britain Department of Health's plan to implement £30 million fund to help nurses establish new ways of working. The National Health Service Modemisation Agency will develop a spread and adoption strategy aimed at speeding up the process of disseminating ideas.

The article reports on developments related to health services in Great Britain. The Florence Nightingale Foundation awarded the Florence Nightingale Travel Scholarships for the travel projects for their applicants that will benefit patients. The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation is a group of practitioners in the public sector that offers mentoring related to health. A conference on "E-learning in Practice" will be held at United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust on September 13, 2006.

During the 1980s, nursing in the UK was moving from the traditional 'completing tasks in a certain way because Sister says so' (Laurent 2019) to more evidence-based practice. Part of this move included the need for structure that came with the introduction of the nursing process which, in the UK, including in my own hospital in Orsett in Essex, became prominent in the latter part of the 1970s and early 1980s. From this, further developments included the use of nursing models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article shares the author's views concerning the inconsistent rules imposed by the National Health Service (NHS) for its nursing staff in Great Britain. According to the author, the staff in the NHS need time to adjust to the many white papers, national service frameworks and reorganizations arising. She noted that the NHS's guidelines and framework were supposed to level out and allow staff to move more easily between geographical areas, but they have just caused more stress and low morale.

The article reports on the address of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) that nurses in Great Britain should be allowed to dispense drugs that would terminate pregnancies within nine weeks of conception. This call was made after BPAS published the results of the poll showing that 63 percent of the 2,140 people surveyed support woman's right to choose abortion. However, there is a warning that broadening the roles of nurses would compromise the healing mission of medical personnel.

Introduces nursing students to the principles and practice of the employment selection processes in Great Britain. Completion of selection processes of an application form by an interview; Three part of preparation processes; Importance of preparing employment selection process. INSET: Masterclass: interview preparation day.

Background People with learning disabilities experience significant inequalities in accessing healthcare. Legal frameworks, such as the Equality Act 2010, are intended to reduce such disparities in care, and require organisations to make 'reasonable adjustments' for people with disabilities, including learning disabilities. However, reasonable adjustments are often not clearly defined or adequately implemented in clinical practice. Aim To examine and synthesise the challenges in caring for people with learning disabilities to develop a framework for making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities in hospital. This framework would assist ward staff in identifying and managing the challenges of delivering person-centred, safe and effective healthcare to people with learning disabilities in this setting. Method Fourth-generation evaluation, collaborative thematic analysis, reflection and a secondary analysis were used to develop a framework for making reasonable adjustments in the hospital setting. The authors attended ward manager and matron group meetings to collect their claims, concerns and issues, then conducted a collaborative thematic analysis with the group members to identify the main themes. Findings Four main themes were identified from the ward manager and matron group meetings: communication, choice-making, collaboration and coordination. These were used to develop the 4C framework for making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities in hospital. Discussion The 4C framework has provided a basis for delivering person-centred care for people with learning disabilities. It has been used to inform training needs analyses, develop audit tools to review delivery of care that is adjusted appropriately to the individual patient; and to develop competencies for learning disability champions. The most significant benefit of the AC framework has been in helping to evaluate and resolve practice-based scenarios. Conclusion Use of the4C framework may enhance the care of people with learning disabilities in hospital, by enabling reasonable adjustments to be made in these settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a panel discussion about the issues on the British government's decision of nursing profession become self-regulation. Its impact on nurses had been addressed. One of the panelists is a senior lecturer practitioner of mental health nursing who emphasized that medical personnel particularly nurses should ensure robust systems since public trust must not come at the expense of the nursing profession.

Ratios have been recommended to help nurses resist pressure to dilute the skill-mix benchmark. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on practice-based commissioning being practiced by the Great Britain National Health Service. It is about giving all primary care professionals decision-making opportunities about commissioning local services for local people. Commissioning decisions can also be made by nurses and other health professionals.

Examines the merits of different approaches and their impact on practitioners in Great Britain. Focus on nurses' experience of using their skills in a randomized controlled setting; Factors involving in patient-centered care; Use of qualitative and quantitative methods in strengthening the design of evaluations.

Aim: To identify factors that affect NHS healthcare professionals’ attendance at mandatory training sessions. Method: A quantitative approach was used, with a questionnaire sent to 400 randomly selected participants. A total of 122 responses were received, providing a mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Quantitative data were analysed using statistical methods. Open-ended responses were reviewed using thematic analysis. Findings: Clinical staff value mandatory training sessions highly. They are aware of the requirement to keep practice up-to-date and ensure patient safety remains a priority. However, changes to the delivery format of mandatory training sessions are required to enable staff to participate more easily, as staff are often unable to attend. Conclusion: The delivery of mandatory training should move from classroom-based sessions into the clinical area to maximise participation. Delivery should be assisted by local ‘experts’ who are able to customise course content to meet local requirements and the requirements of different staff groups. Improved arrangements to provide staff cover, for those attending training, would enable more staff to attend training sessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents nursing news briefs. Scotland's chief nursing officer Ros Moore is resigning at the end of 2014. A survey of cancer patients in England revealed that a third of them do not think there are enough nurses on duty to care for them when they are hospitalized. Head of nursing at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland, Brendan McCormack, has been inducted into honor society Sigma Theta Tau International's 2014 international nurse researcher hall of fame.

The RCN has set out new 'essential' safe staffing levels for nurses caring for children and young people in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health unions have expressed concern over government proposals to put local authorities in charge of public health services in England [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A health union used a fake coffin to represent the 'death of the NHS' as it delivered a petition signed by 13,000 people to MPs currently scrutinising health service reforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health service cuts are already widespread, despite government assurances that frontline care would be protected, RCN members claimed last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Six Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) staff and council members have been interviewed following allegations of racism and bullying at the nurse regulator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Government proposals to dramatically change the way nursing is regulated have been welcomed by unions, but they are cautious about the details. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A massive hike in nurses' registration fees is set to be approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have a key role in the successful governance of NHS foundation trusts, either as staff governors or representatives of the public. This article explores the role of the governor in each of these contexts and indicates some of the opportunities and challenges of representing stakeholder interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the support of the nurses in Great Britain in creating a cleaner, safer and smoke-free public places. Launch of the election manifesto by Royal College of Nursing (RCN) president Sylvia Denton calling the ban of smoking; Implication of the RCN publication, "Clearing the Air," on the political shift towards tackling the problems caused by smoking; Anticipation of the nurses about the support of the British Government on the smoking ban.

Successful reform will depend on frontline professionals, says Terry Philpot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that sharing reports between the police and medical personnel improves the protection of children in Great Britain. Sharing of domestic violence reports by police to local child protection coordinator; Assessment of family needs and risks; Cooperation between nurses, health visitors, midwives and the police.

Nurse prescribing in mental health and learning disability services is a new development The experiences of nine nurses working in mental health and learning disabilities, who formed part of the first cohort in the UK to undertake the supplementary nurse prescribing course, are described. Experiences of the course and implementation of supplementary prescribing in practice are discussed. The attitudes of nurses, other health professionals and patients to nurse prescribing are also explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Reimbursement is part of the government's strategy to reduce the level of delayed patient discharge from hospital. This article describes a pilot study, undertaken on one ward in a large NHS teaching trust, to involve clinicians in estimating a date of discharge for patients, to improve discharge practice and assist the reimbursement process. Since January 2004, if a patient is not fit for discharge within a day of being designated for discharge, social services has to reimburse the acute trust up to 120 pounds sterling per day for the delay, if the reasons for the delay were attributed to a delay in the provision of service. The barriers to implementing this initiative at ward level are discussed and suggestions made for a pragmatic way forward to enable a process for estimating a date of discharge to work in practice. CONCLUSION: Estimating a date for discharge requires two fundamental steps: a clinical process to estimate and/or document a date of predicted medical fitness, followed by a communication process to document an estimated date of discharge. Effective discharge planning leading to a reduction in delayed discharges will not occur without these two steps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: This article analyses the changes made to the role of the healthcare assistant (HCA) in the British healthcare system and identifies when and why these changes occurred. The main influences on the role of HCAs, from the time of Florence Nightingale through to the present day, are discussed. CONCLUSION: The role of the HCA has progressed from being an undervalued 'dead-end' job, to a skilled role that is recognised nationwide. However, the future of the HCA role is uncertain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our campaign ambassadors met recently to discuss issues at the core of nursing's present and future. Daniel Allen reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor about the unfair imbalance between National Health Service (NHS) staff in Great Britain is presented.

Cancer testing is no joke, says Jane Bates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the heart of 'too posh to wash' is an age-old fear of the educated woman, argues Stella Backhouse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents 2013 news on medicine. The Florence Nightingale Foundation has announced that its scholarship schemes for 2013 and 2014 are open. Two leadership development programs are being offered by the organization Leadership Skills for Health. A workshop on nursing staffing levels an skills mix will be offered in London, England by Healthcare Events on March 19th.

Tamsin Snow looks at how the college's Frontline First campaign will help nurses highlight waste and inefficiency in the NHS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NICE's evidence review on safe nurse staffing in inpatient mental health care included studies pointing to the effect of environmental factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was great to see so much support for junior doctors among nurses at Barts Health NHS Trust in London (analysis November 18). But where is the RCN in supporting the junior doctors? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If nurses are to transcend their sexual image, they need to acknowledge the historical influences that shaped it, writes Sharon Maher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article relates the opinion of several nurses in Great Britain concerning banning nurses from telling their patients that they'll be back in a minute. Paul Jebb remarks that people making the rules need to see the workload that nurses have to contend with. Julie Clark asserts that there is no wrong in saying the phrase to patients because nurses are generally busy all the time, but do not mean neglecting the patient.

The article presents the accounts from medical personnel regarding the role of nurses in ending modern slavery in Great Britain. One person states that nurses should be aware that human trafficking is still happening and they must use their interpersonal and assessment skills to identify potential victims. Nurses have obligations to report suspected cases to the appropriate authorities. The other one stresses that they should tackle issues of slavery robustly.

The article shares the author's views regarding nursing services administration in Great Britain. According to the author, he would rather choose Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland to live and work for as a nursing staff. He shares about his interview of a resident in Wales, which stresses about the country's improvements in services and the likelihood of further improvement in part to nurses.

Gerry O'Dwyer explains how proposals to reform the NHS pension scheme will affect nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses should not be afraid to speak out against the indignities inflicted on them by Agenda for Change, says Janet Smith. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the author's reaction on the nurse who told her that everytime she gets a letter from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of Great Britain, she wonders whether its was for suspension of her registrations. The author said that most nurses feel out of touch of the regulatory board due to the bad publicity of the NMC to regulate the post registration education and practice.

Hospital patients would get fewer infections if all nurses swapped their uniforms for theatre scrubs, a study suggests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]